Black women's mental health :  balancing strength and vulnerability / 
edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, and Nsenga K. Burton. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: learning to BREATHE: toward a balanced model of Black women's wellness /  Part I: Balancing vulnerability. Sisters on sisters: inner peace from the Black woman mental health professional perspective /  When the bough breaks: the StrongBlackWoman and the embodiment of stress /  Representations of Black women's mental illness in htgawm and being Mary Jane /  Selfies, subtweets, and suicide: social media as mediator and agitator of mental health for Black women /  Part II: Balancing strength. From worthless to wellness: self-worth, power, and creative survival in memoirs of sexual assault /  The travel diaries: excursions for balance, reflection, healing, and empowerment /  My body is a vehicle: narratives of Black women holistic leaders on spiritual development, mental healing, and body nurturing /  Black women's sexuality and relationships: embracing self-love through BREATHE-ing /  African American mothers' parenting in the midst of violence and fear: finding meaning and transcendence /  Part III: Strategies for balance --  Black feminist therapy as a wellness tool /  Looking through the window: Black women's perspectives on mental health and self-care /  Don't go back to sleep: increasing well-being through contemplative practice /  Love lessons: Black women teaching Black girls to love /  Transformative mental health for African American women: health policy considerations /  Afterword /  Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, and Nsenga K. Burton --  Kanika Bell --  Chanequa Walker-Barnes --  Nsenga K. Burton --  Joy Harden Bradford --  Stephanie Y. Evans --  Kami J. Anderson --  Rachel Panton --  Qiana M. Cutts --  Ruby Mendenhall, Loren Henderson, and Barbara M. Scott --  Lani V. Jones and Beverly Guy-Sheftall --  Maudry-Beverley Lashley, Vanessa Marshall, and TyWanda McLaurin-Jones --  Veta Goler --  Alero Afejuku, Sheila Flemming-Hunter, and Ayo Gathing --  Daniel E. Dawes and Keisha Braithwaite Holden --  Diane R. Brown and Verna M. Keith. 
<br/><br/> "This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black women's struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and public policy, the book develops a new framework for approaching Black women's wellness in order to provide tangible solutions. The collection reflects feminist praxis and defines womanist peace in terms that reject both "superwoman" stereotypes and "victim" caricatures. Also included for health professionals are concrete recommendations for understanding and treating Black women"--Publisher's description. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438465838 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016051269 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Mental health.<br/>African American women--Mental health.<br/>Mental health.<br/>Women.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC451  / .B533 2017